Despite their convincing win over Rosman on Friday, Oct. 23, the Cherokee Braves fell one spot to #43 in the Freeman rankings of Division 1A schools in North Carolina.

Three teams from Cherokee are set to be in the Smokey Mountain Conference Youth football playoffs this weekend.

At the finish line of the boy’s Middle School Conference Championship held in Murphy on Monday, Oct. 19, all that could be seen was maroon and gold.

The Cherokee Braves got back into the win column on Friday, Oct 23 as they bested the still-winless Rosman Tigers 49-25 on a rainy, chilly Autumn night.

The JV Braves ended their season on Thursday, Oct. 15 much the way it began – in the rain. On a rainy, cold night, Cherokee took on the Murphy JV Bulldogs in the game for third place in the Smoky Mountain Conference with Bulldogs taking a 41-26 win

Braving the cold, the Cherokee Midgets won the Smokey Mountain Youth Football Conference title by beating the Robbinsville Black Knights 40-0 on Saturday, Oct. 17.

Cherokee’s William Carmichael electrified the crowd with a 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the second quarter of Friday’s rivalry game between Swain and Cherokee. But, that would be it for the highlight reel for Cherokee as Swain defeated them 49-6 on the chilly night in Bryson.

The Cherokee Braves youth football Mites and Midgets teams both played make-up games against Jackson County on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at the old Cherokee High School.